Emerson High School - Emersonian Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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now L incite the ptai A student may be invited into the Junior Honor Society after maintaining a scholastic average of B or above, and upon recommendations of the faculty on the leadership, character, and service qualities. Pupils from the eighth through the tenth grades are eligible for induction. As president, Danny Rotenberg presided over the Junior Honor Society meetings. He was competently assisted by the other officers: vice-president, Marian Zigich; secretary, Vir- ngiia Wolff; and treasurer, Loraine Short. Miss Lortz, Miss Housekeeper, Miss Keller, Miss Wol- brant and Mrs. Clary sponsored the Junior Honor Society. For the first time a ceremony was planned to honor members who had never dropped below standards in three years of constant membership in the Society. The high spot on their calendar was the formal induction ceremony. Eyes glistening with pride, the inductees received their certificates of membership. And proud they should be, for their’s are the hands that mold leadership, scholarship, service, and character into a pattern for a better life.

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The members of Senior Honor Society have applied their education in the manner Mr. Wirt had proposed— the Work, Study, Play system. Sand and Steel was the group’s main project for the year. Other activities consisted of finishing the sale of E” Magazines and initiating the Chesterton Society. March 28 was an honor day in the calendar of the year, for seventeen new members were inducted into the Emerson Chapter. Finishing the year with a successful business meet¬ ing, the seniors passed the care of the organization into the hands of their successors. SENIOR HONOR SOCIETY Upper, seated: Goldman, Stanko, Parthun, Short, Rcbcr, Beauchamp, Gately, Halascsak, Kolettis, Fried¬ man Standing: Green, Gcrasimo, Dawson, Niepokoj, Fairley, Muniz, Miss Newton, H u r d 1 o w, Kampouris, Sheehy, Vardas, Rashevich SPONSORS Lower left, seated: Miss Tinsman, Miss Newton, Miss Talbot Standing: Mr. Spaulding, Miss Bee¬ ler, Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Greenwald, Mr. Rowland OFFICERS Lower right, left to right: Beau¬ champ, Secretary; Halascsak, Trea¬ surer; Rcbcr, Vice-President; Fried¬ man, President Page Twenty-eight ejaue you the torch —

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salute the Lauds tLat After beating our brains and pulling strings, we finally succeeded in convincing everyone that our senior year would be incomplete without an Emersonian. We proved many times that the word impossible” wasn’t in our vocabulary. For when we were told that putting out a yearbook could not be done, due to the shortage of materials and other red tape, we took a chance and began our publication. Renee Friedman was elected editor, and Vernice Mayes the business manager at our first meeting, which was held in the cafeteria. The art room was selected as the best place for the creat¬ ing of an annual. Mrs. Madel supervised the editorial and art staff, while Miss Beeler was in charge of business. Without their greatly appreciated aid, we would have been unable to carry out our dream of an annual The first task was to pick a capable staff, who in turn had to decide the all important theme, before the actual construction of the annual could be started. Then we went to work; picture schedules to be made, layouts to be constructed, and a thousand and one other tasks which went into the making of a better yearbook. The longest, perhaps hardest, but least appreciated job was the writing of copy, in which every member took part. Thus all the would be journalists were given a chance to show their talent. Our typists were kept extra busy during this period, typing and re-typing the copy. Mr. Smith, Photographer Although our staff wasn’t as well informed on yearbook techniques as they should have been, study and experience soon changed things. If there was a problem we couldn’t solve, we were very fortunate in having a wonderful walking yearbook reference, Mrs. Greenwald. At the traditional yearbook dance sponsored by the staff, the choosing of Senior Personalities was the main drawing card. The cooperation of the students who attended the dance was a great help in making the affair a success. We hope that some of your favorites are among the winners. The staff agrees that even though it was a lot of work, we had fun, too. We hope that our pride in this annual will be equally shared by you, the student body and the faculty. Our hands and heads worked together to make this book a memorial to one of the happiest years of our lives. Page Thirty